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And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying,
Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.
And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.
For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written.
And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.
Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah.
Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen.
And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.
Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by.
And when these days are expired, it shall be, that upon the eighth day, and so forward, the priests shall make your burnt offerings upon the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept you, saith the Lord GOD.
